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Joshua Benabou
Student interested in Math, Physics, Computer Science, Biology, among other things.
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What is the point of a lecture when you have a textbook?
teaching
coursework
books
learning
asked Sep 2, 2015 at 21:10
academia.stackexchange.com
49
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Why do electric sparks appear blue/purple?
electricity
visible-light
asked May 27, 2015 at 3:05
physics.stackexchange.com
32
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Why does pyrite form cubic crystals?
crystal-structure
asked Apr 26, 2015 at 0:11
chemistry.stackexchange.com
30
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Does there exist a continuous function from [0,1] to R that has uncountably many local maxima?
real-analysis
functions
asked Jun 25, 2015 at 18:15
math.stackexchange.com
27
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Why does data transfer rate decrease with distance
spacecraft
data-transmission
new-horizons
asked Jan 12, 2015 at 1:46
space.stackexchange.com
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How did Kepler "guess" his third law from data?
orbit
history
johannes-kepler
asked Feb 11, 2015 at 5:19
astronomy.stackexchange.com
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Why are silicon analogs of alkenes or alkynes so difficult to make?
inorganic-chemistry
covalent-compounds
asked Apr 14, 2015 at 16:37
chemistry.stackexchange.com
21
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Can we permute the coefficients of a polynomial so that it has NO real roots?
abstract-algebra
polynomials
roots
asked Mar 27, 2016 at 18:28
math.stackexchange.com
21
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Conservation of momentum when rain pours into a wagon
newtonian-mechanics
forces
momentum
conservation-laws
asked Dec 15, 2014 at 2:54
physics.stackexchange.com
18
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How long will it take human population to exceed one trillion?
population
asked Feb 16, 2015 at 20:24
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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What's an intuitive way to think about the determinant?
math.stackexchange.com
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Is there a quick proof as to why the vector space of $\mathbb{R}$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ is infinite-dimensional?
math.stackexchange.com
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